Xeon Gold 5520 vs Celeron N3050
Primary details
Comparing Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Server |
Series | Intel Celeron | no data |
Architecture codename | Braswell (2015−2016) | no data |
Release date | 1 April 2015 (9 years ago) | 1 October 2023 (1 year ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 28 (Octacosa-Core) |
Threads | 2 | 56 |
Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.16 GHz | 4 GHz |
Bus type | IDI | no data |
L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
L3 cache | 0 KB | 52.5 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 85 °C |
64 bit support | + | - |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
Socket | FCBGA1170 | FCLGA4677 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
AES-NI | + | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Speed Shift | no data | + |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
TSX | - | + |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Smart Response | - | no data |
GPIO | + | no data |
Smart Connect | - | no data |
HD Audio | + | no data |
RST | - | no data |
Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | + |
EDB | + | + |
Secure Boot | + | no data |
Secure Key | + | no data |
Identity Protection | + | - |
SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
OS Guard | - | + |
Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.
VT-d | - | + |
VT-x | + | + |
VT-i | - | no data |
EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 4 TB |
Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series | no data |
Max video memory | 8 GB | no data |
Quick Sync Video | + | - |
Clear Video | + | no data |
Clear Video HD | + | no data |
Graphics max frequency | 600 MHz | no data |
Execution Units | 12 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs.
Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
eDP | + | no data |
DisplayPort | + | - |
HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | + | no data |
OpenGL | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 4 | 80 |
USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | no data |
Number of USB ports | 5 | no data |
Integrated LAN | - | no data |
UART | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 1 April 2015 | 1 October 2023 |
Physical cores | 2 | 28 |
Threads | 2 | 56 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 205 Watt |
Celeron N3050 has 3316.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Celeron N3050 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5520 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N3050 and Xeon Gold 5520, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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